Opinion
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Can Pakistan Economy Be Bailed Out By IMF’s USD 7 Billion Package?
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif securing a $7 billion package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September was accompanied by a commitment to break Pakistan’s longstanding reliance on bailout programmes. Since 1958, it has taken recourse to it 20 times. The country is struggling with...
New Waste-To-Energy Plant In Bawana Threatens Lives Of Delhiites
By Shalaka Chauhan, Abdul Shakeel A new waste-to-energy incineration plant is set to be established in Bawana to burn 3,000 tonnes of mixed municipal solid waste daily per day. Currently, Delhi burns 7,250 tonnes of garbage daily across plants in Okhla, Tehkhand, Ghazipur, and Bawana, with plans to expand...
How Progressive Civil Society Became Professional NGO Culture
By Anthony Nadler The Democratic Party has failed to earn the support of what was once its working-class base. This ought to be a moment of reckoning for the party. The anger it faces is justified and necessary to intensify pressure to abandon its tepid political strategies and overreliance...
New Delhi’s Dilemma: Pro-Modi Trump Policies Are Blatantly Anti-India
By K Raveendran While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘friend’, the US President-elect Donald J Trump, is set to move into White House, once again, it need not be particularly beneficial for India. If anything, Trump can be said to be “anti-India” even while remaining “pro-Modi”. The camaraderie contrasts starkly...
The Communist Party Of India: A Century Of Struggles And Sacrifices
By D Raja History of the Communist Party of India in the last 100 years is a glorious saga of struggles and sacrifices for our country and its people. History of our freedom movement and our progress after independence are incomplete without the blood and sweat of communists all...
India’s Decent Job Creation Flagship Programme Goes Off-Track
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s only decent job creation flagship programme announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 has gone out of track. Though supposed to be launched on August 1, it is now likely to be launched in January 2025, since details of the programmes are not yet ready....
Making The MGNREGA Toothless Has Been Neoliberal Modi Govt’s Goal
By Prabhat Patnaik The aim of all fascistic governments is to disempower the people and the Modi government is no exception. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which promised one member in every rural household a maximum of 100 days of employment per year, was a...
Did Amit Shah Deliberately Target Ambedkar? The RSS Believes So
By Arun Srivastava The situation has gone out of hand. The tiger nurtured by the RSS has tasted blood. And RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat giving the impression he can goad the monster is nothing but a blinkered attempt to fool the people. The RSS claim that it’s a cultural...
Tripura’s Tribal Body Faces Fund Crunch, Will 16th FinCom Take Up Cause?
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Will the 16th Finance Commission, which has begun its exercise, be more sympathetic to India’s tribal areas than its predecessor? Will the commission, mandated by the Constitution and whose recommendations hold good for five years, devise ways to alleviate the chronic fund crunch of these...
Can Revised EU Product Liability Directive Serve As Blueprint For India?
By Harsh Gour On December 8, 2024, the European Union (EU) implemented the revised product liability directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853). This brings in a significant change in product liability rules. This update expands on the concepts outlined by the 1985 guideline. Nonetheless, it amends them to handle the difficulties...
UK Economy Seeking To Strike A Balance Amidst GDP Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra Consecutive monthly decline in GDP marking the first back to back contraction since the Covid-19 lockdown are signals to UK economy policymakers to clear the decks for a precarious balancing act. This is necessary to stabilise short-term economic performance while fostering long-term growth. Systemic vulnerabilities are...
Centre’s New Agri Policy Would Reincarnate Three Aborted Farm Laws
By Dr. Soma Marla The Union Ministry of Agriculture recently circulated a new draft for a policy framework concerning agricultural marketing. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, additional secretary in the ministry, proposed the draft to revamp the existing framework. According to the government, the proposed universal tax on agricultural produce will...
Humanity Needs Urgent Protection From Onslaught Of Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Things in the course of development of Artificial Intelligence have come to such a pass that the General Secretary of the United Nations António Guterres had to warn the world about the impending danger to the entire humanity. And any delay in putting in place...
Parliament Fracas A BJP Plot To Arrest And Jail Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava It is a disease called ‘Rahulphobia’, which afflicts the Gujarat duo. The phobia is a proven strategy to defame Rahul Gandhi and possibly send him to jail. On Thursday, the Makar Dwar of Parliament saw violent scenes, unprecedented in the history of parliamentary democracy in India....
Can The Congress Be Revived In UP Without Samajwadi Party’s Support?
By Pradeep Kapoor Can the Congress be revived in Uttar Pradesh to challenge BJP in 2027? This is the question agitating senior leaders and Congress workers. Especially after the manner in which INDIA partner Samajwadi Party performed in the recent by-elections for nine seats. Senior Congress leaders and Congress...
Down And Out In INDIA Bloc, Congress Fights The Blues
By Rahil Nora Chopra In the wake of significant electoral defeats, Congress’ allies are seeking to reframe the power equations. For instance, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Congress to justify its leadership role in the INDI-Alliance instead of taking it for granted. TMC Chief...
Right To Information Is Being Constricted By Government & Judiciary
By Shailesh Gandhi I saw a video on YouTube in which the Supreme Court was scolding a young lawyer for having sought information about a municipal body by inspection. The court was asking him why he wanted this information and telling him not to use the right to information...
Elon Musk Gets Donald Trump To Push For Government Shutdown
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik Apparently heeding his corporate “handler,” multibillionaire Elon Musk, Republican President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed a spending agreement covering the federal government from now through March 14 unless congressional Democrats raised the U.S. debt ceiling. Musk and Trump don’t want to deal with the mess...
